Picuris orogeny
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picuris-orogeny-293-17234099
title:
Picuris orogeny
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The Picuris orogeny was an orogenic event in what is now the Southwestern United States from 1.43 to 1.3 billion years ago in the Calymmian Period of the Mesoproterozoic. The event is named for the Picuris Mountains in northern New Mexico and interpreted either as the suturing of the Granite-Rhyolite crustal province to the southern margin of the proto-North American continent Laurentia or as the final suturing of the Mazatzal crustal province onto Laurentia. According to the former hypothesis,
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Mountain-building event in what is now the Southwestern US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picuris_orogeny
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date modified:
2023-11-03T14:26:55Z
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